Nobody in football knows how he can commit himself, such as Jose Mourinho, who constantly reached the headlines in Turkey as Fenerbahce's manager.
'The Special One' will forever be the biggest personality cult of the game. When he does not win trophies, he wins games, and if he can't do that, he checks the story in a different way.
From touchline meltdowns to special press conferences, we have looked at Mourinho's craziest moments in Turkey so far.
I have your nose
Galatasaray accused Mourinho of 'physical attacks' of their manager Okan Buruk after he seemed to take his nose after a fiery derby in the Turkish cup.
After full-time, Mourinho Buruk approached from behind and squeezed his nose, causing the Galatasaray boss to fell on the floor with his hands that covered his face.
All totally normal, like.
Accused of racism
Mourinho said in the press conference after the Istanbul Derby of February with Galatsaray and said that the home bank “jumped like monkeys” and also repeated his criticism of Turkish referees and said it would have been a “disaster” to use an official from the country.
The scoreless draw was referred to by the Slave Slavko Vincic after both clubs had asked a foreign officer to take the lead about the game.
Galatasaray responded by initiating a criminal proceeding against Mourinho and accused him of racism. The Portuguese responded with a counter -shop.
Rant over corruption
After a 3-2 victory at Trabzonspor, Mourinho went on a long rant in his press conference after the game, shooting from the hip about everything, from VAR to how Turkish football is corrupt.
Words on a page do not do these right. You have to look up the clip that he is going for eight minutes on one, but some highlights are: “I blame the Fenerbahce board, they only told me half of what was going on here [Galatasaray’s corruption]. If they had told me everything, I wouldn't have come. '
Claim 'nobody wants to watch the Turkish league abroad' and that 'it is too gray. It's too dark, [it] Smells bad '.
Red Card vs Man Utd
From the moment his Fenerbahce side was hired to organize Manchester United in the Europa League League phase, you just knew to expect fireworks.
A dysfunctional united side led in Istanbul, but was far from convincing because Mourinho's Fenerbahce stacked pressure on his former employers. They finally broke when Fener took a late equalizer, but not without Mourinho being sent away for irritating the fourth official with protests the entire evening.
So inevitable.
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Invent a new way to be booked
Not satisfied with his usual bookings for different opinions or other moans, Mourinho became creative in getting a yellow card in September.
An absolute master when it comes to SH*Thousery and in general an annoying, the Portuguese coach refused to attend a (mandatory) post-match press after a defeat against Galatasaray.
After he had been booked before, Mourinho then relieved everyone by claiming that he had been waiting for more than 70 minutes to talk to the media because Gala Manager Okan had lasted so long: “The coach who plays goes first, it is normal, to be free. But there are limits!
“I waited 70 minutes and even after that I couldn't go because his press conference continued. I can't wait 70, 75 or 80 minutes for a press conference.”
Failed kneeslide
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Tackled by his own player
Mourinho became a bit too enthusiastic about the training pitch and was too involved in a training session when he came around a small -sided field.
All managers are control freaks, but maybe this was karma because they don't let go. Mourinho – who had worn no other color than one of the teams – eventually took a tumbling while he was removed by one of his own players.
Fortunately he saw the funny side of it. He shares the clip on Instagram and wrote: “Lessons for young coaches who never wear the same color as players … they can pass you the ball … or kick you from behind.”
Many football players who played under Mourinho recorded the comments to laugh at their former boss. Brave.
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